2022 Deaths – All Causes – Female – Ages 70-74 | Arizona, United States

2022 vs New Normal™ for elderly women aged 70-74 in Arizona

1. 3,677 of 3,677 total deaths were from All Causes
2. 100.00% of all deaths were from All Causes
3. This is up 6% compared to Old Normal rates.
4. 3,480 of 3,480 total deaths would have been expected under Old Normal conditions.
5. 197 excess deaths from All Causes in 2022.
6. 966 fewer than expected deaths from All Causes (2015-2022)

1. To show this year’s deaths from All Causes are up 6% compared to Old Normal rates, we need to calculate the rates for both 2022 and for the Old Normal.

Remember, death rates are calculated to answer these questions:

• “How many elderly women aged 70-74 were there?” and
• “How many of them died from All Causes?”

The following 2 charts provide this information:

From the charts, we can see that in 2022, 3,677 of 195,651 elderly women aged 70-74 living in Arizona died from All Causes.

3,677 ÷ 195,651 = 0.01879 (2022 CDR)

We’ll use the table below to calculate our Old Normal rate for deaths from All Causes

The table shows there were a total of 28,915 deaths from All Causes among 1,625,736 elderly women aged 70-74 living in Arizona in the 15 years immediately prior to the New Normal™.

28,915 ÷ 1,625,736 = 0.01779 (Old Normal CDR)

We can use the Old Normal rate to predict this year’s deaths:

2022 pop X Old Normal CDR = expected deaths

195,651 X 0.01779 = 3,480 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths shows lives saved or lost:

3,677 – 3,480 = 197

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths gives us the comparative rates:

3,677 ÷ 3,480 = 1.0561

This reveals 197 lives lost and is 105.61% of what we expected (an increase of 6%) in deaths from All Causes among elderly women aged 70-74 living in Arizona in 2022, as compared to the Old Normal.

This is the same method used by Public Health to calculate the 5-yr CDR (Cumulative Death Rate):

20,874 ÷ 1,239,043 = 0.01685 (5-yr CDR)

195,651(2022 pop) X 0.01685 = 3,296 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

3,677 – 3,296 = 381 or 381 lives lost

Divide actual deaths by expected deaths:

3,677 ÷ 3,296 = 1.1149 or an increase of 11%

for deaths from All Causes among elderly women aged 70-74 living in Arizona in 2022, as compared to the previous 5 years.

Compare our Old Normal to the 5yr CDR. Does it tell the same story your TV does?

Finally, the same method can also be used to compare our Old Normal rate to the New Normal™ rate:

New Normal™ population X Old Normal rate = expected deaths

1,434,694 X 0.01779 = 25,517 expected deaths

The difference between actual and expected deaths:

24551 – 25,517 = -966 or 966 lives saved

Dividing the actual deaths by the expected deaths:

24,551 ÷ 25,517 = 0.9616 or a decrease of 4%

in deaths from All Causes among elderly women aged 70-74 living in Arizona in the New Normal™, as compared to the Old Normal.